Fastening for handles of bags, satchels, purses, &amp;c.



PATBNTBD JAN. 8, 1907.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFIOE.

HERMAN B. WELCH, OF WEST HOBOKEN, NEW JERSEY, ASSIGNOR TO RUDOLPH WOLFFt CO., OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Jan. 8, 1907.

Application iled November 17, 1906. Serial No. 343,856.

To LZ/ whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, HERMAN B.WELoH, a citizen of the United States, anda resident of West Hoboken, in the county of Hudson and State of NewJersey, have invented a new and Improved Fastening for Handles of Bags,Satchels, Purses, &c., of which, the following is a full, clear, andexact description.

This invention relates to fastenings for the handles of bags, satchels,or purses, and especially to that class of fastenings which involves theuse of a bearing having a swivel connection for attaching a handle.

Heretofore handles of the kind referred to have been attached byinserting the ends thereof in sockets, the ends being held in thesockets each by a transverse pin. That fas tening is defective, as thepins pull their way out through the handle ends.

The object of the invention is to produce a simple fastening by means ofwhich the handle of the bag may be quickly attached and secured.

The invention consists in the construction and combination "of parts, tobe more fully described hereinafter, and particularly set forth in theclaims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the iigures.

Figure 1 is a side elevation showing a portion of theframe and body of abag having a handle attached according to my invention. Fig. 2 is avertical longitudinal section of one of the fastenings for the handle.This view is taken on the line 2 2 of Fig. 3; but a portion of thehandle is shown in elevation. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse sectiontaken on the line 3 3 of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is a cross-section on the line 44 of Fig. 2 and illustrating the manner in which the end of the handleis secured at the bearing; and Fig. 5 is a perspective of a socket bymeans of which the handle end is held, the same constituting a featureof the invention.

Referring more particularly to the parts, 1 represents the upper portionof the body of a bag, satchel, or purse, the same being provided withthe usual metal frame 2 at its upper edge. This frame is provided atsuitable points with bearings 3, said bearings comprising bases 4, whichare adapted to attach to the frame 2 in any suitable manner. In thesebases eyes 5 are attached, the said eyes consisting of split ringshaving Shanks 6, which are forced downwardly through openings 7, formedin the frame and clenched on the under side thereof, as indicated mostclearly in Fig. 2. Before attaching the eyes 5 in the bases 4 they aresecured to swivels 8, the said swivel having reduced necks 9, at whichthe eyes 5 are applied, as indicated most clearly in Fig. 2. The outerends of the swivels 8 are enlarged to form collars 1 0, which areknurled, as indicated, so as to give the fastening an ornamentalappearance.

Each swivel is formedl with a cylindrical bore 11, in which there isreceived a socket 12. This socket is formed at its outer extremity intoa head 13, which seats against the outer face of the collar 10 when thesocket is forced home in a manner which will appear more fullyhereinafter.

The inner portion of the body of theswivel 8 is of rounded form, asshown, and at its inner extremity an inwardly-projecting lip 14 isformed around the bore 11. The form of this lip is such that it presentsa rounded shoulder on its inner side.

The form of the socket 12 is very clearly shown in Fig. 5. It has acylindrical body, the inner extremity whereof is formed with a chamber15 or socket proper, and the wall of this chamber at the inner end ofthe socket is formed 'into a pluralityV of sharp projecting teeth 16, asindicated most clearly in Fig. 5. The handle -17 has a body which isstiffened so as to maintain the form illustrated in Fig. 1, the saidbody presenting downwardly-converging arms 18, on which the leathercovering of the handle extends in the form of a roll or loose end 19.When the handle is to be applied to the bag-body, these ends 19 areforced into the form of rolls or rounded ends, and they are then forcedlongitudinally into the inner ends of the swivels 8. The sockets 12 arethen inserted in the outer ends of the swivels and are driven inwardly.It should be understood that when the sockets are forced inwardly inthis manner the rolls or ends 19 pass into the interior of the sockets,and as the sockets are advanced the teeth 16 come into contact with thelip 14 and are crimped inwardly, so that they penetrate the interior ofthe ends, as illustrated in Fig. 2. In this Way the sockets are made totake a IOO firm grasp of the ends ofthe handle. The sockets are` driveninwardly until the heads l 3 thereof seat against the ends of theswivels. In this way the handles are very securelyheld in position, butmay be swung from side to side, as will be readily understood, by reasonof the swivel 8, which is mounted in the bearing. The handle ends cannotbe withdrawn from the ends of the sockets byreason of the grasp exertedby the teeth 16, and the sockets evidently cannot be withdrawn-from theswivels, so that a very secure fastening is produced. It will also beevident that the fastening of the handles in the bearings may be veryquickly effected.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure'by Letters Patent- 1. A handle-fastening comprising a socket having achamber formed in the extremity thereof adapted to receive the handleend, and a member in which said socket is received and affording meansfor crimping said socket inwardly to grasp the handle.

2. A handle-fastening comprising a swivel having a bore therein with alip at the extremity thereof, a socket received in said bore and havin`a chamber in the extremity thereof adapte to receive the handle end,said lip affording means for crimping the Wall of said chamber inwardlyto engage the handle end when said socket is forced home.

3. A handle-fastening comprising a swivelv l having a bore with a lip atthe extremity thereof, a socket having a chamber formed in the extremitythereof and adapted to be inserted in said bore at the end thereofopposite said lip, said socket having teeth formed in the wall of saidchamber and adaptedto engage said lip whereby said lip may crimp saidteeth inwardly to engage the handle end introduced into said chamber.

4. A bag having a handle presenting'projecting ends, swivels, bearingsretaining said swivels, said swivels having each a bore receiving saidends respectively, said bores having lips formed at the innerextremities thereof at which said ends are introduced, and

sockets adapted to be forced into the ends of said bores remote fromsaid lips, said sockets having chambers formed in the inner extremitiesthereof adapted to receive said ends, the inner extremities of saidysockets having teeth adapted to engage said lips respectively to becrimped inwardly to engage said handle ends.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

HERMAN' B. WELCH.

Witnesses: p F. D. AMMEN,

JNO. M. RITTER.

